Probing the lithospheric rheology across the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 396, Issue , 2014, Pages 88-96

  Huang, Mong Han ^a   Bürgmann, Roland ^a   Freed, Andrew M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

2008 Wenchuan earthquake; Finite element modeling; Geodesy; Lithospheric rheology; Postseismic deformation

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKES; FAULTING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEODESY; GEODYNAMICS; VISCOSITY; TECTONICS;

2008 WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKES; CONTINENTAL DEFORMATION; COSEISMIC SLIP DISTRIBUTION; FAR-FIELD DISPLACEMENT; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; LITHOSPHERIC RHEOLOGY; LOCALIZATION OF DEFORMATION; POSTSEISMIC DEFORMATION; TOPOGRAPHIC GRADIENTS;

ELASTICITY;

COSEISMIC PROCESS; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FAULT ZONE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GPS; INTERFEROMETRY; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; LOWER CRUST; RHEOLOGY; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; SLIP RATE; STRESS FIELD; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; DEFORMATION; GEODESY; POSTSEISMIC PROCESS; UPPER MANTLE;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SICHUAN BASIN;

EID: 84898795511     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.04.003     Document Type: Article

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